Explaining Engineering - F1

Another Sunday , that means another post from Explaining Engineering. Before starting this weeks topic , I would like to thank everyone for your over whelming responses. Coming to this week topic , as I told before we are going to look into aerodynamic devices , but to understand them a little science is required. Let us first get into science part of today's topic. Source : Autosport.com I have mentioned air tends to follow the surface of the car , but a question is raised on me, why air tends to follow the surface. Answer is simple , molecular adhesion and friction. Air tends to attach to the surface with the help of static friction. between air and molecules and air. This adhesion of air and surface is really very helpful in getting some downforce ,also known as negative lift in terms of SAE. There are number of ways to create downforce , but the main and maximum amount of downforce is produced with the help rear wings. Thanks to Bernoulli . To understand how rear wings work

From saying aerodynamics are for people who can't build engines (-Enzo Ferrari, Founder Scuderia Ferrari) to Aerodynamics are for winners ( Mattia Binotto , Team Principle Scuderia Ferrari) . Times have changed. Aerodynamics is the study of air , that reacts when comes in contact with the vehicle. Whatever might be the engine size , whatever might be the engine power, a little aerodynamics will definitely boost the performance to an extent. In this blog we will briefly look in to the aerodynamics in F1 car , and various aerodynamic devices used in the car. Imagine throwing a pencil and a paper from the balcony? which lands first? Yeah , obviously the pencil. Even tho the work done by the gravity is same on both objects , the paper is slower than the pencil. The reason that makes pencil fast is the exact same reason what makes F1 cars fast. It is very important for a car to as sleek as as it can be. This not only increase the speed ( acceleration) but also increase the efficiency of